Call to Action Buttons: Examples and Best Practices

?ffective design techniques and exploring some examples.

Call to action in web design — and in user
experience (UX) in particular — is a term used for elements in a web
page that solicit an action from the user. The most popular
manifestation of call to action in web interfaces comes in the form of
clickable buttons that when clicked, perform an action (e.g. "Buy this
now!") or lead to a web page with additional information (e.g. "Learn
more…") that asks the user to take action.

How can we create effective call to action buttons that grab the
user’s attention and entice them to click? We’ll try to answer this
question in this post by sharing some effective design techniques and
exploring some examples.

Best Practices for Effective Call to Action Buttons

Designing call to action buttons into web interfaces requires some forethought and planning; it has to be part of your prototyping and information architecture processes in order for them to work well. In this section, we’ll discuss some design techniques for call to action buttons.

Draw user attention with size

In web pages, the size of an element relative to its surrounding elements indicates its importance: the larger the element is, the more important it is. Decide how vital certain site actions are, and size your call to action buttons accordingly.

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